To Coney With Love

To Coney With LoveMoonlite Gardens was a famous open air dance hall and entertainment pavilion at Cincinnati's Coney Island, opening in 1925. It was the place to be for many years. In its 1930s and 1940s heyday, Moonlite Gardens hosted monumental acts like Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Doris Day, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller. This painting by Cincinnati artist, Greg Matsey was intended to honor the historic legacy. The original was painted on 30" x 40 canvas in

This view balances the eye with a subtle lamp post on the left

Original acrylic painting on 30" x 40” canvas

Original was painted with acrylics on 20” x 48” canvas

This painting captures a warm fall evening with an artistic impression of 'Wild Thing' from 1989 movie classic Major League

Original was painted in acrylics on a 27" x 72” canvas

A tribute to Greg's series of pointillism paintings and his love for Van Gogh's

Painted with an intention to be distinctly different than that of Van Gogh's painting in 1889

Ohio's state capital and largest city

Ohio's oldest surviving municipal market house

Wanting to bring together the most popular portrait ever made and the most famous hippopotamus of our time

It was only a matter of time before this fun loving pig landed on canvas

This image was first photographed by Greg Matsey and then later painted to capture the evening time and changing colors of the sky